It can’t really rain for 7 days – no way! Were we wrong! Welcome to the tropics!

Our photos are horrible- our memories are priceless.

We stayed in the charming town of Airlie Beach at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

The good news – the rain is warm. The good news – no flooding. The good news; one day of no rain & we went to the Great Barrier Reef.

The Reef is amazing. We snorkeled for hours / in fact – the last 2 out of the water!

We saw amazing coral, giant & colorful clams, amazing fish & and a giant eel swam right under us.

To be clear – the worst time to go/ if the rain doesn’t get you, the stingers will. We wore a stinger suit-did not see any.

The seas were rough-no sea sickness.

Beautiful islands to see in way out.

Airlie Beach has a giant swim lagoon/pool. Fortunate as stingers & sharks hang out on the beach. Greg & I swam laps every day – doesn’t really matter if it rains while you are swimming g!

Brisbane had these great alleys lined with small funky cafes. Fun food. And the concept is great as you can have cafes that don’t have crazy high rents. Coffee. vegan. Asian. Persian.

Fun!

We loved staying in South Bank area of Brisbane. We could walk everywhere. Museums. Art Galleries. cafes.

Fun in Brisbane on Australia Day.

Bridges & Buildings bathed in Green & Yelliw lights.

Rib eating competition

Celebrating local style at Ploughing Inn & lager

Wonderful Fireworks

After dropping Jack st the airport- we headed north of Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast – Noosa Heads.

We saw kangaroos playing along the river shoreline.

We saw beaches cleared for a shark site and saw the shark!

We went to that beach the next day & jumped the waves!

Hiked a glorious trek along the ocean at sunshine beach dodging stingers in the surf.

Drove south of Noosa & saw sting rays & turtles frolicking in the surf.

We watched kite surfers go wild on extended boards at the Noosa river.

A fun place to explore the coast.

Our first cricket match ended early due to a power failure…tho..we still had fun!

Jack is only traveling with us for 3 weeks before heading back to the university. He is flying from Brisbane and the time has come to explore the Gold Coast at Broad Beach